Bronwyn Bishop has resigned as Speaker and the PM has launched a review into the entitlements system. This might release the pressure valve a bit, but it could also be a vote-changer come next election.

In a special episode of The Drum devoted entirely to the controversy surrounding the continued booing of AFL Indigenous football star Adam Goodes, an all Indigenous panel tells of the pain of racism and the damage it causes.

We will know soon whether Andrew Robb has agreed to the controversial ISDS clause in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement. If he has, he risks opening the floodgates to costly litigation, even under the mooted modified version.

It's certainly possible that a plane wing found east of Madagascar belongs to the MH370 wreckage, but this doesn't mean we'll definitely be able to "pinpoint" the crash site. Still, any help is better than nothing at all.

If Christianity indeed fades into a distant misty past for most Australians, there is a real fear there will be nothing with which to replace it. Our historical ties to religion are too strong to simply dismiss.

While watching farm employers pocket thousands of dollars at the expense of foreign labour was demoralising, I found it even more degrading to bear sexual harassment on a daily basis. This system must change.

This is no small, quirky sport-only story. This goes to the heart of this nation. And standing in the middle of it all is the Indigenous football star himself, who must wrestle with who he is, what he represents and where he's expected to take us.

We need to confront the changing nature of work and technology, and admit that jobs are on the line. Let's not bury our heads in the sand and let the discussion be dominated by vested interests and naysayers.

Talk show host Conan O'Brien has been accused of stealing jokes off Twitter to use on his show. It got me thinking about the ethics here: if someone steals my online jokes about dogs and soft cheese, is that all right?

Racism as a subject matter is actually a morass of confusion. But just because we can't always define where the line is, doesn't mean we don't know when we've crossed it. And those booing Adam Goodes have crossed it.

Everyone from the public to the budget makers seem to be waiting for growth to return to pre-GFC levels, but what if that doesn't happen? It would take a lot of adjusting to live with this "new normal".